My friend has Excalibur for sale! But it makes a noise

[PI PETE]

Excal 1000

He says every 10 seconds it make a hum noise but if batteries are fully charged it won't make noise!

Is this a deal breaker?

Anyone experienced something similar and was able to fix?

Could be headphone or battery related!

What would be good process of elimination?

I'm not familiar with excels.

 

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[HighPlainsHunter]

It's just the low battery warning, no problem...

 

[OBN]

Excal 1000

He says every 10 seconds it make a hum noise but if batteries are fully charged it won't make noise!

Is this a deal breaker?

Anyone experienced something similar and was able to fix?

Could be headphone or battery related!

What would be good process of elimination?

I'm not familiar with excels.

Could be the battery but have worked on one excalibur that took on water and damaged the board, and it would go off every 30 seconds like a dead battery coming on.. and the wierd part was it would work fine when the voltage was within a range from 12.7V to 12.5V ... the good was I learn where the voltage control area was on the board and was able to replace with parts from a damaged board. Have never seen this since...

 

[penzfan]

Had the same problem with an Excal II last year. It was the Motherboard which Marty @ Kellyco replaced for me...

 

[bklein]

What did that cost you?
If anyone has bad boards I'd buy them if cheap.

 

[PI PETE]

So they want $600.00 for new motherboard but I bought old used excal for $500.00, should I sink another 600.00 into an old machine and have 1100.00 sunk into an old machine or just cut my losses and buy a new excal. Hard to eat a 500.00 mistake

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

So they want $600.00 for new motherboard but I bought old used excal for $500.00, should I sink another 600.00 into an old machine and have 1100.00 sunk into an old machine or just cut my losses and buy a new excal. Hard to eat a 500.00 mistake

New excal mother boards are $200 now, not $600.

 

[PI PETE]

I wish, minelab repair quotes out excal motherboard at 500.00. So do I sink another 500 bucks into old machine or cut my losses? Urghhh!

 

[Jason in Enid]

I would recommend "cutting your losses" and buy a new one. You could probably get some of your price back if you sell the old one for parts.

 

[PI PETE]

After using in salt water do you take all battery apart and wash the two prongs? I read in manual you do.

 

[Jason in Enid]

After using in salt water do you take all battery apart and wash the two prongs? I read in manual you do.

If you mean, do you separate the battery pod from the battery cable, then yes. Rinse everything with fresh water after every time you have at an ocean beach

 

[RustyGold]

Use MolyKote on those pins.